ZBrush Character Creation: Advanced Digital Sculpting (Serious Skills Series)
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ZBrush's popularity is exploding giving more CG artists the power to create stunning digital art with a distinctively fine art feel. ZBrush Character Creation: Advanced Digital Sculpting is the must-have guide to creating highly detailed, lush, organic models using the revolutionary ZBrush software. Digital sculptor Scott Spencer guides you through the full array of ZBrush tools, including brushes, textures and detailing. With a focus on both the artistry and the technical know-how, you'll learn how to apply traditional sculpting and painting techniques to 3D art while uncovering the "why" behind the "how" for each step. You'll gain inspiration and insight from the beautiful full-color illustrations and professional tips from experienced ZBrush artists included in the book. And, above all, you'll have a solid understanding of how applying time-honored artistic methods to your workflow can turn ordinary digital art into breathtaking digital masterpieces.
Ch. 1 Sculpting, from Traditional to Digital 1Ch. 2 Sculpting in ZBrush 29Ch. 3 Designing a Character Bust 75Ch. 4 ZBrush for Detailing 111Ch. 5 Texture Painting 147Ch. 6 ZSpheres 175Ch. 7 Transpose, Retopology, and Mesh Extraction 193Ch. 8 ZBrush Movies and Photoshop Composites 223Ch. 9 Rendering ZBrush Displacements in Maya 247Ch. 10 ZMapper 273Ch. 11 ZScripts, Macros, and Interface Customization 295App About the Companion DVD 315Index 318
